ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1178 releases
17 Years AgoStar Stable: The Winter Rider
PCWorldwide
The slowly falling snow drapes the landscape in a white veil, hides the bareness of the trees that long ago lost their leaves, and gives the land a sense of serenity. The world is quiet.
17 Years AgoShield Shifter
Atari 2600Worldwide
Shield Shifter is a homebrew Atari 2600 game developed by John Reder / Tactical Neuronics. It was given a limited cartridge release by Good Deal Games.
17 Years AgoBite Me
Web browserWorldwide
Bite Me was a classic Facebook vampire battle game where you built your clan, bit other players, levelled up your powers, and dominated the night. A fun mix of strategy, PvP, and dark humour that everyone used to grind back in the day.
17 Years AgoKaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Maboroshi no Shoujo
PCJapan
A freeware visual novel spin-off belonging to the Twin Angel franchise. The story follows life-long friends and classmates Haruka Minazuki and Aoi Kannazuki at St. Cherine Academy.
17 Years AgoThe Kitten Game
Web browserWorldwide
Slaughter NoLegs and his buddies in this whack-a-mole style game! Warning: Contains animal cruelty! And loud noises!
16 Years AgoAdam's Venture Episode 1: The Search For The Lost Garden
PCWorldwide
Set during the 1920’s, Adam’s Venture delivers a unique combination of action oriented gameplay with classic puzzle solving, that takes you on an epic journey to the middle East to discover the legendary Lost Garden of Eden – but an ancient…
16 Years AgoToilet in Wonderland
PCWorldwide
Toilet in Wonderland is a surreal exploration game made in RPG Maker 2000. It's a parody of Alice in Wonderland, where instead of the world being created by the protagonist's imagination, it is created by the protagonist, Mira's, constipation.
16 Years AgoMarines Modern Urban Combat
WiiWorldwide
Wii-exclusive gameplay controls have been built from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii?s unique motion-based control scheme, including Wii Zapper compatibility.
16 Years AgoStorybook Workshop
WiiWorldwide
Storybook Workshop immerses kids and their parents in 16 classic children's fairy tales and fables and many other exciting features.
16 Years AgoChoice of the Dragon
PCWorldwide
Text-based, multiple choice, RPG for the iPhone. You're a dragon, how cool is that?
16 Years AgoAir Attack
PCEurope
Take a 5 minute break to de-stress with this high-intensity, ultra simple, retro arcade shooter! Take down airplanes. Dig tunnels.
16 Years AgoMy Shops
Web browserWorldwide
My Shops has you trying to manage an ever-increasing variety of shops located on a single avenue, instead of endlessly micromanaging a single store.
16 Years AgoBackyard Monsters
Web browserWorldwide
Original Backyard Monsters for Facebook and Kongregate. A strategy game centered on building a little town for monsters, designing it so that essential buildings are protected by defensive turrets.
16 Years AgoWinterfest
PCEurope
Winterfest is a German educational game aimed to help adults improve their reading, writing and mathematical skills.
16 Years AgoHappy Hammerin'
WiiEurope
Happy Hammerin' is a party game suitable for friends and families to compete against each other by bashing moles using the Wii Remote controller!
16 Years AgoCopa Toon 2010
Web browserWorldwide
The Toon Cup 2010 (released exclusively for Latin America and Spain) and could be accessed on the cartoon website itself, all you had to do was have the Toonix game account (2010-2013) but the game was officially closed on same year.
16 Years Ago'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus
Web browserWorldwide
They shot you in the leg, the sheriff or one of his men, but you still managed to get away. You always manage to get away. And while they're off pursuing you to, who knows, perhaps Colorado, you have quietly made your way back to where it all began.
16 Years AgoStrategic Command Classic: Global Conflict
PCWorldwide
The Matrix version is the Gold Edition of the original and includes the the two DLCs "Assault on Communism" and "Assault on Democracy". Players will be able to wage World War II across the massive expanse of the entire planet.
15 Years AgoB.U.T.T.O.N.
PCWorldwide
B.U.T.T.O.N. is a physical party game for 2-8 players. Step back away from the computer, race to the keyboard/controllers through physical space, and do whatever it takes to win (or to avoid losing).
15 Years AgoBang 2 Busters
ArcadeWorldwide
Bang² Busters (Bang Bang Busters) is a 46 meg action-platform type game from Visco which was originally intended to be released in 1994. It's play mechanics are similar to that of Mario Brothers, Snow Brothers, and similar style games.
15 Years AgoShira Oka: Second Chances
PCWorldwide
Shira Oka: Second Chances is an anime-themed, single-player computer game under development by Okashi Studios. Visit the rest of this site for more information about the game, and join our forums to discuss the game with Okashi staff and other community members.
15 Years AgoXuan-Yuan Sword: The Clouds Faraway
PCChina
軒轅劍外傳: 雲之遙 (Chinese) The Clouds Faraway, also set in the era of the Three Kingdoms, is presented with a contrasting viewpoint to the Han Clouds. The main character, Xu Muyun (徐暮雲), was adopted by Xu Shu and raised in the Kingdom of Wei.
15 Years AgoWeapons of the Gods
PCWorldwide
WOG or Weapons of the Gods is the Chinese online multiplayer RPG in which Gods and Demons battle each other for the artefacts known as the Weapons of the Gods.
15 Years AgoSafari Islands
Web browserWorldwide
Safari Islands is a game world where you explore two tribes and their habitat. You choose the tribe to which you belong, and you get to know other characters in your tribe. Some of them will send you on scavenger hunt-like quests, some will have puzzles for you to solve.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.